good, because FFVIII is awfuldidnt even know there was a PS1 version of Road RashQuake II - was that a port? dont know why anyone wouldnt just play the PC version at this pointParasite Eve & Mr Driller sound relatively obscure

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:Wasn't Quake II on PSone a coding marvel? I'm sure I've seen a vid on YouTube about it pointing out how a PSone shouldn't have even been able to run Quake II.

I can't quite remember if it was 1999 or 2000, but I didn't have a PC at that point. It was indeed bloody brilliant, though FPS controls were rather awkward back them. I can't remember if it used the sticks or not. I think not, because I'm sure the first FPS on console I personally played with analogue sticks was MOH: Frontline on PS2 in 2002. Memory could be amiss however.

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:Wasn't Quake II on PSone a coding marvel? I'm sure I've seen a vid on YouTube about it pointing out how a PSone shouldn't have even been able to run Quake II.

I can't quite remember if it was 1999 or 2000, but I didn't have a PC at that point. It was indeed bloody brilliant, though FPS controls were rather awkward back them. I can't remember if it used the sticks or not. I think not, because I'm sure the first FPS on console I personally played with analogue sticks was MOH: Frontline on PS2 in 2002. Memory could be amiss however.

Bloody typical, I can't find the video now but it pointed out how a PSone's specs weren't even close to the minimum specs required to run the game on a PC. For example Quake II on DOS needed a minimum 8 MB of RAM with 16 MB recommended and on Windows 95 there was a 16 MB minimum with 24 MB recommended plus a 75 Mhz or better processor. Considering PSone only had 2 MB of RAM and an approx 34 Mhz processor getting the game to run at an acceptable level never mind being playable sounds like a pretty big technical feat.

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Multiple versions in fact. Road Rash was released I think 3 times (in early 1996, again in 1998 as part of a charity compilation alongside Myst and Broken Sword, and then as a budget re-release for about £9.99), which was then followed up by the passable Road Rash 3D in 1998 and the truly horrible Road Rash Jailbreak in I think 2000.

Multiple versions in fact. Road Rash was released I think 3 times (in early 1996, again in 1998 as part of a charity compilation alongside Myst and Broken Sword, and then as a budget re-release for about £9.99), which was then followed up by the passable Road Rash 3D in 1998 and the truly horrible Road Rash Jailbreak in I think 2000.